WELCOME!

Child Passenger Safety for Prepared Childbirth

Class

CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY

FOR INFANTS

WELCOME! Picking a Seat Installing a seat BASICS FOR SAFETY LATCH After market products More information

WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT

CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY?

Motor Vehicle Crashes =Motor Vehicle Crashes =

Leading Cause Of Death Of ChildrenLeading Cause Of Death Of Children In Connecticut, 95% of all child

safety seats are improperly installed. Car crashes cause more deaths

each year than diseases, drugs, and kidnappings COMBINED!

"The Frings' twins were in child safety seats in the back of her 1997 Chrysler Sebring.  'They were secured exactly as they should have been,' Jefferson County Sheriff Davenport said.  'Fortunately for them, they were secured properly.'" 

The Frings' car after the accident:

Excerpt from The Knoxville News-Sentinel Friday, June 16, 2000, newspaper article: 

What is the BESTBEST Child Safety Seat?!?

Fits the CHILD properlyFits the CAR properlyWill be used correctly EVERY TIME

PREMATURE & LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANTS

special considerations are necessary to ensure their safe transportation: WeightHarness strapsCrotch strapRespiratory

obstruction

BASICS FOR INFANTS:

Think where baby’s face

would go in a crash

or sudden stop!

NEVER NEVER NEVERPUT A CHILD In the front seat

In front if airbag

BASICS FOR INFANTS: Children should be

REAR-FACING as long as possible, but AT-LEAST:

ONE YEAR AND20 Pounds

BABY, BACKWARDS, BABY, BACKWARDS, BELOWBELOW

INSTALLATION TIPS

BELT PATH: Put weight into seat :

RETRACTING SYSTEMS

Automatic Locking (ALR)

Emergency Locking (ELR)

Combination (Switchable)

LATCHPLATES

Locking Latch Plate Fixed (sewn

on) Latch

Plate

Sliding Latch Plate & Switchable

Locking clip

Also called pre-crash positioned

Regular

Belt Shortening (Heavy Duty)

Within 1 inch of buckle

LATCH: Lower Anchors & Tethers for

children

Use a Tether strap????

Not approved for Most rear-facing Infant Seats

Adds stability Reduce head

excursion May solve problem

with forward-mounted belt systems in some cases

45 degree angle when installed

BASICS FOR INFANTS:

The seat should fit tightly in the car Seat should not move more than 1

INCH at belt path when installed

BUT HOW DO I GET THE CAR SEAT TO FIT TIGHTLY IN MY

CAR??????

HARNESS SHOULD BE

TIGHTTIGHT

One Finger= WONDERFULTwo Fingers= TOO MANY

DO NOT use extra padding/blankets behind/under child or under harnesses

Retainer clip should be at armpit level

Send in the registration card for recall information.

Replace any car seat/seat belt that has been involved in a crash

DO NOT use a used seat without knowing its history

BASICS FOR INFANTS:

If using an infant carrier when driving the handle

& canopy should be DOWN

NEVER NEVER NEVERhold child while bundle child UNDER Car moving to console, harness (instead, put breastfeed etc: blanket on top):

NEVER NEVER NEVER!Never Keep harness loose or above

shouldersOR Clip below armpit level

AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS

QUESTIONS?

HANDOUTS: Info sheets Inspection stations Web resources Premature & low birth weight review sheet Video in hospital when deliver